Laura Ashford said her two-year-old son, Harri, suffered severe burns after he touched the remnants of a beachfire that was buried underneath sand at a Welsh beach. (Facebook/Laura Ashford)
By Nicole Darrah | FOX NEWS
A young boy in Wales was severely burned Saturday when he stepped on the remains of a beach bonfire that was buried underneath sand, his mother wrote online.
Laura Ashford said she took her son, two-year-old Harri, to Caswell Bay beach in Swansea “to enjoy the sea, sand and sunshine.”
Harri, according to Ashford’s Facebook post, was playing with the sand for roughly an hour, when he “suddenly started screaming.”
The child “had stepped on the remainder of a bbq/bonfire which had been buried in the sand and covered with stones,” which Ashford said resulted in “serious burns to his right foot and some additional blisters on his left.”
Ashford wrote that Harri “was incredibly brave” as doctors treated his burns, and said it likely would take four to six weeks for him to recover.